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New Guide for Managing Accommodation for International Students

UKCISA, in conjunction with Unipol, have just released a new guide aimed at staff who deal with international students in residential accommodation specifically for HE and FE institutions (but also useful for private sector institutions).

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English UK wins judicial review case

More than 3,000 jobs and over £600 million a year in foreign earnings have been saved for the UK economy by a High Court judgement on which international students can come to the UK.

English UK has today won its case in the High Court against the last Home Secretary’s decision to raise the level of English which students must have before they can get a UK visa to learn the language here.

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English UK nominated for the Star School Association Award

Thank you to all our partners for nominating us as LTM Stars! English UK has been nominated for the Star School Association Award again in 2010.

Winners will be announced just prior to StudyWorld London at the Language Travel Magazine Star Awards ceremony on Saturday 4 September. They will also be published in the August issue of Language Travel Magazine, which you can access here from 1 August. 

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Call for Papers - Teachers' Conference 2010

English UK are now accepting proposals to speak at the 2010 ELT Teachers' Conference to be held in London on 13th November.

For further information please click here

Please note that the deadline for submissions is Monday 16th August 2010

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Roll out of Controversial Vetting and Barring Scheme Halted!

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced on 15th June that there would be an immediate halt to the further introduction of the Home Office’s Vetting and Barring Scheme. The Scheme will now undergo a significant and unspecified period of review termed as ‘remodeling,’ and is in line with statements previously made in both of the ruling parties election manifestos to scale the scheme back to ‘common sense levels’.

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